Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, July 5, 2013, in Grandview Cemetery, Hannibal, with Curtis Stephenson speaking. Visitation will be held from 10-11 a.m. Friday, July 5, 2013, at Delaney Funeral Home, Marceline, with Jack Hodgson offering prayers.

Memorials to Locke Cemetery may be left at or mailed to the funeral home, 1720 N. Missouri Ave., Marceline, Mo. 64658.

Homer was born September 1, 1932, in Westville, son of Homer and Hallie (Sportsman) Phillips. He married Anna Ruth Dorrell on July 4, 1958. She preceded him in death.

Homer was a veteran of the United States Army. He worked for Southwestern Bell Telephone then AT&T where he retired in 1988.